Nothing Is TOO HARD, Seriously

 Nothing Is TOO HARD, Seriously

Stress levels are way too high everywhere as according to a report, 35 percent of people worldwide said they were STRESSED and 35 percent confirmed that they experienced WORRY the day before they were surveyed.  So the bigger question is, WHY is it things seem much harder than it really is?  You might find yourself pondering WHY everything feels so hard.  Perhaps you're comparing yourself to your peers so hard?  And maybe you're noticing that they DON'T seem to be experiencing the same level of anguish.  Yes, this is one huge gaping hole and there could be multifarious factors in it.  BUT to simplify things, let's agree that everyone's journey is different.  BUT just because your peers DON'T seem to be struggling now, they may have it privately📗📙📘

As recent as the 2021 Gallup Survey, four in ten adults worldwide experienced a lot of worry [42%] or stress [41%] and physical pain [31%] while sadness [28%] and anger [23%] prevailed on the rest.  Yes, there's a myriad of factors that can contribute to life feeling singularly harder for us than for others.  We may be in that 'developmental' phase of our life that involves a big change, because change, even under the best of circumstances, is seldom easy.  It could be like finally leaving home for the first time to attend college in the city OR changing jobs, getting married, having children, getting divorced or even having your adult children [finally] move out.  Part of why CHANGE IS SO HARD is because it involves us changing our behavior.  In fact, research shows that changing our behavior ISN'T a linear process.  Instead, it is one full of clumsy starts and stops, leaps in progress only to regress to former behaviors quickly💧💧💧

if anything, the fact that things are feeling HARD in the face of CHANGE can be an indicator that you're working to CHANGE your behavior and that is a process that, by design, ISN'T easy.  WHEN acknowledging the impact of personal challenges, we'd be remiss to speak about this feeling of life being extraordinarily difficult without acknowledging HOW personal challenges impact hardship.  We all have different circumstances that can increase the intensity of our hardships though.  Experts point to FAMILIAL DYSFUNCTION as the most common circumstance that can increase the intensity of life feeling HARD.  Like you could be navigating a breakup or having lost someone in the family.  Alternatively, you may find yourself 'gridlocked' in conflict with your boss.   Thing here is that we need to thrive in community.  Without it, we may end up in social isolation💦💦💦

And experts do warn us that it turns out, social isolation and loneliness can even contribute to adverse health outcomes.  Another one of those circumstances is when you are in a crisis, either suffering from abuse, addiction, poverty, OR a chronic illness.  These factors cannot be overlooked and inevitably make life feel extraordinarily challenging.  We do have strategies to support you in this difficult season of life BUT first, we need to acknowledge HOW society may be contributing to HOW you feel.  Coming off the heels of that dreaded Covid-19 pandemic, most countries are now going through their respective 'economic turmoils' and that's apart from the war-torn conflicts both in Ukraine and at the Gaza Strip.  Then comes the financial stressors that have only exacerbated by skyrocketing interests of loans, mortgages coupled with economic inflation and even those whispers of a recession underway💥💥💥

So, the maddenning question is WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE GETS HARD?   So, perhaps we all know WHY life is feeling HARD.  Now it's the time to consider WHAT we can help when feeling this way.  It's common to feel full of rage WHEN you're in this headspace.  In fact, it may even feel like you've hit your BREAKING POINT and are deeply angry.  BUT when we can face our anger head on without any distractions, we can use the energy to further propel ourselves forward, pass difficulties and beyond.  Our takeaway:  Do REST.  While it may feel counterintuitive to some, experts strongly encourage us to REST when navigating through life's hardships.  NOT only is REST a powerful antidote to our culture of constantly needing to perform, do and take action [even in the midst of hardship] BUT it can also do wonders for our well-being.  To quote experts, 'WHEN YOUR MIND IS WELL-RESTED, IT BECOMES CLEARER AND CREATIVE.  Dude, NOTHING IS TOO HARD, Seriously😀😀😀